I'm trying to powder coat my brake calipers. I will be doing this in my garage and already have equipment and everything. Also, I will be rebuilding the brakes with oem rebuild kit. I've seen some painted calipers on here but they look like crap; bumpy surface, ricer look, etc. Has anyone done this? Anything I should be aware about? Anything like metal expanding during the heat process where the piston are?

Does stock calipers have any kind of coating on them?

I will be def. sand blasting them and using the proper chemicals to remove all the residue from the surface of the brake calipers.

I know nothing about powder coat paint, but remember that calipers can get up to 700-800 F while operating, and many paints melt at this temperature. Most caliper paint are ceramic based so that they can withstand the extreme heat-cool cycles.

I really want to make them looks nice as possible and go the powder coating route. I will be sanding them down to get a smooth surface. I really don't want to paint them. Has anyone rebuilt the brakes here?

I have to do a brake job this weekend and I'll take some pics of mine, they really came out good. The thing I like about the G2 paint is that it is thick and smooths out all the rough stuff without having to sand them. I've used it on my supra, eclipse,GTO and 335i. all of them held up with no chips or wear for years!

I have to do a brake job this weekend and I'll take some pics of mine, they really came out good. The thing I like about the G2 paint is that it is thick and smooths out all the rough stuff without having to sand them. I've used it on my supra, eclipse,GTO and 335i. all of them held up with no chips or wear for years!

I know nothing about powder coat paint, but remember that calipers can get up to 700-800 F while operating, and many paints melt at this temperature. Most caliper paint are ceramic based so that they can withstand the extreme heat-cool cycles.

I removed the calipers on my last car and had them powdercaoted. If you plan on rebuilding the calipers you are going to have to remove the pistons to replace the seals. Powder coat is pretty thick, I don't know if you really need to sand them to get a smooth finish.